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 Parliament of Canada
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Officers and Officials of Parliament Political Officers - Senate - Speakers
1867 to Date
The Speaker is appointed by the Governor General on the recommendation of the Prime Minister. The Speaker presides over the Senate Chamber, maintaining order and overseeing daily business.

NameTerm (year)
Kinsella, Noël A. 2006 -
Hays, Daniel 2001 - 2006
Molgat, Gildas L. 1994 - 2001
LeBlanc, Roméo-Adrien 1993 - 1994
Charbonneau, Guy 1984 - 1993
Riel, Maurice 1983 - 1984
Marchand, Jean 1980 - 1983
Grosart, Allister 1979 - 1980
Lapointe, Louise Marguerite Renaude 1974 - 1979
Fergusson, Muriel McQueen First woman Speaker of the Senate. 1972 - 1974
Deschatelets, Jean-Paul 1968 - 1972
Smith, Sydney John 1966 - 1968
Bourget, Maurice 1963 - 1966
White, George Stanley 1962 - 1963
Drouin, Mark Robert 1957 - 1962
Robertson, Wishart McLea 1953 - 1957
Beauregard, Elie 1949 - 1953
King, James Horace 1945 - 1949
Vien, Thomas 1943 - 1945
Parent, Georges 1940 - 1942
Foster, Walter Edward 1936 - 1940
Blondin, Pierre Édouard 1930 - 1936
Hardy, Arthur Charles 1930 - 1930
Bostock, Hewitt 1922 - 1930
Bolduc, Joseph 1916 - 1922
Landry, Auguste Charles Philippe Robert 1911 - 1916
Kerr, James Kirkpatrick 1909 - 1911
Dandurand, Raoul 1905 - 1909
Power, Lawrence Geoffrey 1901 - 1905
Pelletier, Charles Alphonse Pantaléon 1896 - 1901
Ross, John Jones 1891 - 1896
Lacoste, Alexandre 1891 - 1891
Allan, George William 1888 - 1891
Plumb, Josiah Burr 1887 - 1888
Miller, William 1883 - 1887
Macpherson, David Lewis 1880 - 1883
Botsford, Amos Edwin 1880 - 1880
Macpherson, David Lewis 1880 - 1880
Wilmot, Robert Duncan 1878 - 1880
Christie, David 1874 - 1878
Chauveau, Pierre-Joseph-Olivier 1873 - 1874
Cauchon, Joseph Édouard 1872 - 1872
Botsford, Amos Edwin 1872 - 1872
Cauchon, Joseph Édouard 1869 - 1872
Ross, John 1869 - 1869
Cauchon, Joseph Édouard 1867 - 1869
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